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Expand Up @@ -180,18 +180,12 @@ Objects of the :class:`date` type are always naive.

An object of type :class:`.time` or :class:`.datetime` may be aware or naive.

A :class:`.datetime` object ``d`` is aware if both of the following hold:

1. ``d.tzinfo`` is not ``None``
2. ``d.tzinfo.utcoffset(d)`` does not return ``None``

A :class:`.datetime` object ``d`` is aware if
:meth:`d.utcoffset() <datetime.utcoffset>` does not return ``None``.
Otherwise, ``d`` is naive.

A :class:`.time` object ``t`` is aware if both of the following hold:

1. ``t.tzinfo`` is not ``None``
2. ``t.tzinfo.utcoffset(None)`` does not return ``None``.

A :class:`.time` object ``t`` is aware if
:meth:`t.utcoffset() <time.utcoffset>` does not return ``None``.
Otherwise, ``t`` is naive.

The distinction between aware and naive doesn't apply to :class:`timedelta`
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